Sunday Tribune

Rana is making a legend of himself at the cinema

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TELEGU cinema’s heartthrob and the proud successor of the Daggubati clan, Rana Daggubati, is on the verge of emerging as the most successful actor of the year.

The year started off well for the tall and handsome actor, as his first release of the year, The Ghazi Attack, received unanimous appreciati­on from critics and audience, and eventually was declared as a super hit flick at the box office.

The Telugu and Hindi bilingual Indian war-based movie was based on the mysterious sinking, of PNS Ghazi, during the Indo-pak war in 1971. Being directed by Sankalp Reddy, the movie boasted an ensemble casting which included some big names such as Atul Kulkarni, Tapsee Pannu, Kay Kay Menon and Satyadev Kancharana.

The interestin­g aspect of the movie was the voice-over part, where the narratives were rendered by Amitabh Bachchan (Hindi), Megastar Chiranjeev­i (Telugu) and Suriya (Tamil). Rana was hugely appreciate­d for his role and performanc­e, and the movie earned an overall gross of 62 Cr worldwide. Post the success of Ghazi, Rana was embraced with SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali 2, the movie which sent tremors across the country and even beyond boundaries. The visual extravagan­za had Rana in a mighty character. Bhallala Deva, had less in talking and more in action, and expression­s which were perfectly nailed by Rana. His physical appearance, the body makeover, his expression­s and attitude totally defined the characteri­sation of Bhallala Deva. The 32-year-old actor, who has acted in 20 movies, is now all set to deliver his hat-trick of the year with his upcoming movie, Nene Raju Nene Mantri. The movie is being helmed by Jayam fame Teja and the movie is being bankrolled by D Suresh Babu, ace producer and father of Rana Daggubati.

The official teaser of Nene Raju Nene Mantri was released

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three weeks ago, where Rana is seen in white shirt and white dhoti. The 1.9m tall actor, folding his dhoti while smoking a cigarette, oozes dynamic screen presence. The trailer of the movie, which was released six days ago, has clocked over 3.2 million views with over 50 000 Likes. Rana, who is seen as a political leader, affects the audience through catchy political punchlines. The teaser and trailer of the movie have received a big thumbs up and one hopes the movie will, too.

– One India Entertainm­ent

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